THE LEAF-PEEPERS WILL BE OUT IN FULL FORCE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS ...COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND LOOKS TO BE THE PEAK TIME FOR MAINE'S FALL FOLIAGE SEASON. AND MANY BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT VACATIONLAND ARE ALREADY GEARING UP FOR A BUSY WEEKEND FILLED WITH TOURISTS. WMTW NEWS 8'S KATIE THOMPSON IS LIVE WITH... THAT STORY..NEW AT 5-30. THE MAINE TOURISM OFFICE SAYS FALL VISITATION WAS UP 3.5 PERCENT IN 2012... HERE IN KENNEBUNKPORT, THE SIDEWALKS HAVE BEEN PACKED ALL DAY TODAY, AND BUSINESSES HERE ONLY EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. THE LEAVES ARE FALLING .. THE AIR IS CRISP.. AND IN KENNEBUNKPORTTO URISTS FROM ALL OVER ARE ALREADY POURING IN FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. "we gotta come for the color the burnt orange .. for the longhorns! " COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND IS ALSO THE PEAK TIME OF YEAR FOR FALL FOLIAGE, AND BUSINESS OWNERS SAY THIS YEAR IS ALREADY SHAPING UP TO BE BETTER THAN THE LAST. 14:21-14:32 "It's night and day, last year it felt like it rained for 40 days and 40 nights and this year we've had like one day of rain and it's really made a huge difference." ALL 109 ROOMS AT KENNEBUNKPORT'S NONANTUM RESORT ARE BOOKED SOLID THIS WEEKEND. IN TOWNA STEADY FLOW OF CHARTER BUSES UNLOADING AT LEAST 50 PEOPLE AT A TIME. "There's a true four seasons here in Kennebunkport and the fall is definitely one not to be overlooked." IT'S THE SAME STORY IN OGUNQUIT, STREETS PACKED, HOTELS BOOKED AND BUSINESS BOOMING. "it's been an upbeat year and I can't say anything bad about this season it's been fantastic." "its a steady flow of happy peopleit's great." AND WITH DRY WEATHER EXPECTED AND COLOR EVERYWHERE YOU LOOKIT'S HARD NOT TO BE HAPPY . "we're trying to see if we can hit all of the "we're trying to see if we can hit all of the seafood and all of the blueberry pie and all of the drinks, in one day!" blueberry pie and all of the drinks, in one day!" THE HOTEL INDUSTRY HERE IS ESTIMATING THAT WITH THE AMOUNT OF ROOMS ALREADY BOOKED COMBINED WITH THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE COMING IN ON TOUR BUSES...SIX- THOUSAND PEOPLE PER DAY WILL VISIT KENNEBUNKPORT THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. LIVE IN DOCK SQUARE KENNEBUNKPORT KATIE THOMPSON WMTW NEWS 8